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BY THE NUMBERS
$291MThat’s how much National
Hockey League players had lost in salary as of Tuesday afternoon thanks to the ongoing lockout, according to sportsnet.ca. At the same time, the lockout was 59 days old, and 202 games of the originally announced regular season had not been played.
Local wood turner Russ Allen works away in the workshop in his Grandin garage on Tuesday morning. Allen is one of more than 70 exhibitors who will be taking part this weekend in the Country Craft Fair in St. Albert Place. See story, page 16.
Crews plowing ahead
Veness Road opens to traffic
GLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
Last week’s massive snowstorm has caused plenty of headaches for the City of St. Albert, but officials say they’re plowing through them as best they can.
Public works crews began clearing snow off arterial and collector routes starting on Sunday, and moved into residential areas on Wednesday.
Public works director Dan Rites said that the 35 centimetres of snow in 10 hours last week didn’t break local records, but came awfully close.
“We’ve been going basically since it started falling,” he said Tuesday morning. “It’s been quite an event for us, for sure.”
The major headache, though, isn’t the snow — it’s the inch or so of ice that formed underneath the snow thanks to rain and above-freezing temperatures when the storm started on Wednesday, Nov. 7, but soon turned for the worse.
“[The ice] has delayed us a bit more and forced us to try new things to peel that ice, which is just welded to the road,” Rites said.
“It’s very non-typical of our type of climate. Usually you’d see something like this more on the eastern side of [the country],” he added.
Compounding problems was the fact that the snow started falling during the morning rush hour.
“Our crews were in with rush hour traffic trying to deal with it. We wanted to get to
our priority roads, but that’s where all the traffic was,” Rites said.
The City has also brought in private contractors to help with the snow removal effort.
Feedback from residents on the road clearing effort so far has been mixed. Some have taken to Twitter to laud the crews and the job they’ve done, while others have logged onto the social media site to complain about the lack of progress.
Rites said he hears what people are saying and his crews are doing the best they can.
“People are frustrated with mobility issues, and we understand that. The quicker they can get one-offs to us in residential areas where we haven’t plowed, the quicker they can go on a hotspot list and get some relief with a piece of equipment coming by,” he said. “On the other hand, we’ve made a lot of good progress considering the conditions, considering the snow and ice, and the timing too.”
Crews have been assigned since the snow started falling to deal with specific hotspots and mobility issues in residential areas.
Because the City’s snow removal budget covers a calendar year, the cost of cleaning up from this storm is lumped in with major weather events from earlier in 2012.
That could put the public works department pretty close to the top end of its snow removal budget for the year, Rites said.
“We’ll have to see when all the chips fall, but we’ll be up there ... It’s definitely going to be tight by year-end,” he said.
Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderA grader gets to work on Falstaff Avenue near Fenwick Crescent on Tuesday morning.
Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderA City of St. Albert public works truck breaks through a banner to officially open the refurbished Veness Road on Tuesday afternoon.
GLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
An important piece of the City of St. Albert’s economic development puzzle fell into place this week with the re-opening of Veness Road.
The road along the eastern edge of Campbell Business Park, from Poundmaker Road to Corriveau Avenue, had been closed all summer for reconstruction, and Mayor Nolan Crouse hoped it would play a significant role in opening up the park for future development.
“This really finishes Campbell Park from the City’s point of view,” the mayor said.
The road was originally supposed to open in September, but rainy weather over the summer pushed the project back.
This phase of the project cost $3.5 million and was funded through the provincial Municipal Sustainability Initiative.
“This is a commitment we made to the businesses here,” Crouse said. “We met our commitment, and we followed through. We could have spent this [money] on lots of other things in the community, but we made a commitment to economic development.”
A second phase is slated for 2013 to reconstruct the road from Corriveau Avenue south to Boudreau Road.
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Kids stay in PJs for good causeGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
Students across St. Albert raised money for a worthy cause this week, and they didn’t even have to get out of their pyjamas to do it.
Nearly 8,000 students across the city from both St. Albert Public Schools and Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools participated Wednesday in PJ Day, raising money and awareness for Habitat for Humanity Edmonton as they get set to hand over the keys to their 200th home in the Capital Region.
“We just thought we would have an event that would create awareness about all the good things Habitat does, and also a fundraiser,” said Habitat Edmonton CEO Alfred Nikolai. “That’s what PJ Day is, and we’re excited about it, because almost every school in St. Albert is participating, all the students are excited, and I think it’s a wonderful opportunity for the students to learn that they live in a great community, but there are some affordable housing issues in the community.”
Students got to come to school in their pyjamas on Wednesday, bringing with them a dollar or two for Habitat for Humanity. Once those donations
were tallied up, they brought them to St. Albert Place.
Several local businesses pledged to match the donations the students brought in, including The Superior Group, the Realtors Community Foundation, Clark Builders and Ron Hodgson Chevrolet Buick GMC.
Grade 6 teacher Jamie Robertson has led the PJ Day charge at Neil M. Ross Catholic School on Woodlands Road, and he said the students were excited about the day-long event.
“They’re pumped; the kids are so excited about wearing their pyjamas,” he said.
Aside from the regular donations, Neil M. Ross also held a Teddy Bear Toss over their lunch hour, where students can pay $1 to toss paper teddy bears at a target in the school gym, and those that hit the target went into a draw for prizes.
Robertson said that, from the moment the school was approached about doing this project, they’ve been wholeheartedly on board.
“Service projects are big here at Neil M. Ross, so anything we can do to get the kids to help out, we’re excited to do that,” he said. “And the kids are equally excited.”
The money raised through the event
will go right back into building new Habitat for Humanity homes in the Capital Region.
Habitat is handing over the keys to their 200th home in the region today (Thursday) in St. Albert, and Nikolai said one lucky student who participated in PJ Day will get to perform a special duty.
“The biggest honour you can have at Habitat for Humanity is to give a family a key,” he said. “What’s going to happen at PJ Day is, the mayor is going to pick one school out of a hat, and the principal of that school can pick one student, and that student is going to represent all the students in St. Albert and give a family the key to their brand new Habitat for Humanity home [on Thursday].”
That’s especially exciting for Nikolai, given the amount of support Habitat has received from St. Albert over the years.
“Whenever we were building homes in Edmonton, we noticed a lot of the volunteers had St. Albert addresses,” he said. “The citizens of St. Albert have supported Habitat for Humanity since we’ve existed. We’re putting the 200th home in St. Albert, but the 199 before that, we had folks from St. Albert helping us build those homes, and we’re really proud of that.”
Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderHabitat for Humanity Edmonton staff members (L-R) Brenda Netter, Kyle Keller, Sandy Gervais and Kate Somerville get ready for the donations to pour in at PJ Day at St. Albert Place on Wednesday morning.
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CRB names CEOGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
St. Albert Mayor and Capital Region Board chair Nolan Crouse says he’s “thrilled” with the board’s choice of a new chief executive officer.
The CRB announced last week that Doug Lagore has been appointed its new CEO, effective Feb. 4, 2013.
Crouse said that working alongside Lagore should be no problem at all.
“I couldn’t be happier,” Crouse said of the appointment.
Lagore, who graduated from the University of Western Ontario, has more than 35 years of experience in municipal government in places like Lacombe, Edson, Yellowknife and Salmon Arm, B.C. His most recent appointment was as chief administrative officer for the City of Spruce Grove.
“Perhaps the most important attribute he brings is regional credibility. He’s got a good manner about him and a good level of professional approaches,” Crouse said. “But the second thing that
was equally important to us is his ability to hit the deck running without any issues of a startup curve. That’s especially important given that 2013 is an election year, so municipal leaders around the table are going to have some turnover.”
Lagore also received an honorary lifetime membership from the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators at their annual conference this past May.
Crouse said that the role of CEO for the CRB would be a little different than what Lagore is used to.
“I would think it’s a little more like being the executive director of a not-for-profit organization,” Crouse said. “It’s only a $3-million budget. It’s complex because you’ve got 24 municipalities. And you’ve only got nine employees, whereas a municipality like St. Albert has 500-some employees.”
He added that the nearly three-month delay in starting was due to a previously booked vacation and to give Lagore some time to wrap things up at the City of Spruce Grove.
Photo: glenn cook, St. Albert leaderEdward Munroe, 11, lets out a warning yell as he hurtles himself down Seven Hills on his toboggan Monday afternoon. The hill has been a popular spot since a big snowstorm hit St. Albert last week.
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GLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
When the City of St. Albert celebrates its 175th anniversary in 2036, officials from the recent 150th anniversary celebrations hope some mementos will help them party like it’s 2011.
Mayor Nolan Crouse and 150th anniversary committee chair Margaret Plain sealed a time capsule in Crouse’s St. Albert Place office on Friday afternoon, not to be opened until 2036 — a time that Crouse still hopes to be around for.
“It’s kind of neat because that’ll be 175, and somebody will open it up and it’ll be a surprise,” the mayor, who will be 83 when the capsule is unsealed. “... Two hundred would be a bonus.”
For Plain, the capsule is a fitting end to nearly five years of work.
“One of the things that makes me very happy is the way the community bought into the whole thing,” she said. “It was
a community event — lots of volunteers, lots of community financial support, lots of good co-operation.”
Crouse said that, although there was some friction along the way, looking back on the 150th celebrations, it was all worth it.
“We had issues, but it also left a legacy of human spirit, and ultimately there’s a few events that continue on as a legacy, but there’s also capital legacy [like] Founders’ Walk,” he said.
“Part of the job we have to do is leave a legacy for future generations, and I think we did a good job of that,” he added.
Some of the events from the 150th anniversary celebrations
are being carried forward by the Spirit of St. Albert Society, which also received a grant from the committee.
The capsule is located in a bulkhead in the ceiling of the mayor’s office, with the key in a plastic case hung not too far away.
Inside the capsule are more than 50 items, including newspaper clippings, a Little White Schoolhouse lunchbox, a plush toy of Moostoos — the 150th celebration’s mascot — and a commemorative book of photographs. The last item to go into the capsule was a copy of the 150th committee’s final report, which city council received in late October.
Choosing which items would go in was a tough decision, Crouse said.
“We had to put stuff in there that would last and wouldn’t crumble; that was part of the process,” he said.
Some items in the capsule are protected using acid-free boxes and metal containers.
“We had issues, but it also left a legacy of human spirit.”
Nolan CrouseSt. Albert mayor
Photo: GLENN COOK, St. ALbert Leader150th anniversary committee chair Margaret Plain hands Mayor Nolan Crouse a copy of the committee’s final report Friday to complete the time capsule that was sealed in Crouse’s office, not to be opened until 2036.
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Handibus service to Edmonton for medical trips is a service that St.
Albert citizens with mobility needs have requested for many years. Now is the time to introduce this service to our community.
This budget season, council is being requested to consider the funding required to extend StAT Handibus into Edmonton with one handibus between the peak periods on weekdays starting in July 2013. It is my contention that this is one funding package that council needs to fully support.
Each year, council is faced with reviewing the budget submissions by civic administration and making a decision on what goods and services the citizens of our community are required to fund. The challenge, of
course, is to understand the cost of providing the same level of services enjoyed by the community in past years within the economic environment of today. Then we must consider what enhancements to those services are necessary and what new services, if any, are worthy of funding to make our community even better.
To some in our community, “austerity” is the word and philosophy council needs to embrace, understanding that many — particularly seniors on fixed incomes — find any increase to the tax rate unbearable. To others, the
quality of services and the amenities provided by the City are worth supporting with additional funds provided there is a perceived value for money inherent in the service addition.
I would like to suggest there is a third consideration. There are some issues that transcend the debate of bottom-line economics and demand that a city wrestle with the values it believes are worthy of holding as a community. I believe the provision of handibus services for people with mobility issues is one such issue.
In 1990, the United States passed landmark legislation called the Americans with Disabilities Act. This act gives civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities similar to those provided on the basis of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, and
religion. It guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in public accommodations, employment, transportation, state and local government services and telecommunications. While Canada may not have identical legislation, the spirit of protecting the rights of the disabled is just as strong north of the border.
As council debates the 2013 budget, the value chain for each business case between the amount of resources requested and the positive impact on the community needs to be short and easy to define. Providing St. Albertans who have mobility issues the opportunity to use StAT Handibus service for medical trips to Edmonton is in keeping with our values as a community and will provide real benefit to those in need.
Handibus service goes beyond bottom line
A marathon, not a sprintIt’s amazing how something so small can
change lives in such a drastic way. In fact, today, something as small as a house key
will change the lives of eight families in St. Albert.
This morning (Thursday), Habitat for Humanity will hand over the keys to the first eight houses of Aurora Place to eight families who will call them home for a long time to come.
Despite some of the resistance that the development on Arlington Drive went up against during its planning and construction, we can only hope that the neighbours of Aurora Place welcome these new families warmly and with open arms, and can put the animosity of the past few years behind them.
However, more than just being a new start for these eight families, handing over those keys signifies something much more significant. These homes will bring the number built by Habitat for Humanity Edmonton throughout the Capital Region to 200. That is a major accomplishment and one that is certainly worth celebrating.
And although not all 200 of those Habitat homes were built in St. Albert, it’s still indicative of the strides St. Albert has taken in terms of affordable housing. Not only have Habitat homes opened, but the St. Albert Housing Society is well on its way to opening up Big Lake Pointe and another 118 rental units to further diversify the housing stock in the city. Tack on legislation the City of St. Albert has enacted in recent years to legalize and codify basement suites, and it’s clear that big advancements have been made.
But we’re not quite there yet. As the old cliché goes, it’s a marathon, not a sprint. There are still plenty of young families who are unable to break into the St. Albert housing market, and plenty of young professionals for whom the pickings are slim in the rental market, and what few options exist there are prohibitively expensive.
What Habitat for Humanity, the St. Albert Housing Society and the City of St. Albert have done to bring more affordable housing to this community is admirable, but no one can lose sight of the fact that more needs to be done.
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‘WE WILL REMEMBER THEM’Photos: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader
LISA MUELLER, Special to the LeaderAlthough the temperature hovered around –20 C on Sunday morning, hundreds of St. Albertans still turned out to line St. Anne Street near the cenotaph and pay their respects to the men and women of the Canadian armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom in the First World War, Second World War and beyond.
Right: Leading Stoker (Ret’d) Bill Opitz receives the salute during the march past after Sunday morning’s ceremony. Opitz, who lives in St. Albert, was a minesweeper on Omaha Beach in France on D-Day during the Second World War.
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‘WE WILL REMEMBER THEM’Photos: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader
LISA MUELLER, Special to the LeaderAlthough the temperature hovered around –20 C on Sunday morning, hundreds of St. Albertans still turned out to line St. Anne Street near the cenotaph and pay their respects to the men and women of the Canadian armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom in the First World War, Second World War and beyond.
Right: Leading Stoker (Ret’d) Bill Opitz receives the salute during the march past after Sunday morning’s ceremony. Opitz, who lives in St. Albert, was a minesweeper on Omaha Beach in France on D-Day during the Second World War.
Below: Capt. (Ret’d) Gord Carter lays a wreath on behalf of the Canadian Airborne Regiment Association of Canada.
Above: Members of the 1st SSF Re-enactment Historical Association get lined up prior to Sunday’s ceremony.Right: St. Albert RCMP detachment commander Insp. Kevin Murray lays a wreath at the cenotaph.Below: Opitz chats with Mayor Nolan Crouse prior to the start of the ceremony.Left: A vintage military vehicle takes part in the parade prior to the ceremony.
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Local’s cakes featured in industry magazine
GLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
By day, Christine Maloney is an in-house legal counsel for the City of St. Albert. But at night, she puts down her briefcase and picks up a piping bag, and her cake decorating skills have earned her a feature spread in one of the industry’s leading magazines.
Maloney recently had her work featured in the September issue of Cake Central Magazine, whose website proudly boasts being the “world’s most acclaimed cake decorating magazine.”
But, at first, she didn’t believe it.“I thought it was a scam at first; I couldn’t
believe it,” she said. “And everybody asked, ‘How did they hear about a hobbyist in St. Albert?’ … I basically replied to them that it wasn’t funny, why would you say that?” said Maloney.
“But my brother-in-law said, ‘Where’s the scam?’ It’s not like they were saying, ‘Give us $400 and we’ll publish it.’ So I sent an email apologizing and saying I’d love to have this opportunity. And I was even more shocked when it made it into the magazine.”
The editors of Cake Central first approached Maloney after seeing some of her work posted on their online message boards.
Since the feature was published, Maloney said she has kept it low-key as the shock hasn’t worn off, but the feedback she has received has been very positive.
“When I posted the pictures on the forum — because not everyone on there gets the magazine — the response was great,” she said. “Everyone thought it was an edgy cake, but I didn’t see that. I prefer to think it was more dramatic.”
While also juggling her full-time job and her family life — Maloney has a husband and a five-year-old daughter — cake decorating is strictly a hobby, with her clients being mostly her family and friends, and most of the work happening late at night after her daughter has gone to bed.
“You wouldn’t think cake would make people so happy,” she said, “but it’s just the initial shock of ‘You did that with sugar?’”
Maloney joked that she has been interested in baking ever since she got her first Easy-Bake Oven at age five, but she first started decorating cakes three years ago when she signed up for a course at a Michaels craft store on a whim.
“I wanted to make better birthday cakes for my daughter,” she said. “I never thought I would enjoy it as much as I did. I only ever intended to take one basic buttercream course, but I loved it.”
While it might seem that her hobby and her full-time job are at opposite ends of the
spectrum, Maloney said there is at least one parallel.
“Probably the research aspect. Any time I set out to do a cake, I do lots of research on it, even if it’s just trying a new recipe,” said Maloney, who has also attended art school and has a degree in art history. “If I want to design a turtle for a cake topper, for instance, I’ll spend lots of time looking over pictures of turtles.”
While she said it’s tough to choose a favourite or a most memorable cake she has done, she is particularly proud of a birdhouse cake she put together for her daughter.
“There’s something about all of them that I like, and there are things about all of them I don’t like, that I would do differently,” she said.
And while she can’t foresee going full-time into cake decorating or opening up her own bakery in the future, Maloney is happy to keep her family and friends smiling.
“What I like about cakes, apart from the creativity, is the joy, the ‘wow’ moment when you see that sugar dream [come true],” she said.
For more on Maloney’s cakes, visit www.facebook.com/ButtercupCakesByChristine.
Christine MaloneyCake decorator
Photo SuppliedThis cake by local decorator Christine Maloney was recently featured in Cake Central Magazine.
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Bike park input wanted
Volunteer Fair set for Servus Place
GLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
Riders who get their thrills on two wheels will have a chance next week to give their thoughts on a new park slated to open in late 2013.
The City of St. Albert is hosting a pair of open houses on Tuesday, Nov. 20, and Thursday, Nov. 22, in the main lobby of St. Albert Place for residents to have their say on the location and design for a new bike skills park. If interested parties can’t make those, recreation staff will also be collecting feedback online and through email until Dec. 7.
Community project co-ordinator Micah Seon-King said that the project is high on the City’s priority list because of how the idea started.
“Youth in our community were the driving force behind the bike skills park,” Seon-King said in a press release. “The park will provide a spontaneous multi-use recreational area for all ages, skill levels and for riders of all types of bikes.”
The Town of Devon recently opened a mountain bike skills park as the first phase of their Bike Town project.
The two sites the City is currently looking at are Liberton Park and Mission Park (Seven Hills). The bike skills park will incorporated into the natural terrain of whichever site is chosen, including
the Red Willow Trail system through the area.
The park will have specific sections for riders of all ages and skill levels, including one for brand new riders. Possible features could include a pump track, jump trails, cross country trails and a drop zone. The design will also incorporate current uses, including tobogganing trails at Seven Hills or cross-country skiing trails at Liberton Park.
The two proposed locations were determined by City staff and a bike skills park advisory committee and based on several criteria, including:
• City-owned land under municipal reserve designation;
• within City boundaries;• at least three acres;• aesthetics that support the project or a
park-like setting;• natural terrain;• links to the existing trail system; and• not within the one-in-100-year flood
plain.City council will make a final decision
on the location of the park on Jan. 28, 2013. A total of $200,000 has been set aside for the concept, design and construction of the park.
Online feedback will be collected at www.stalbert.ca/bike-skills-park or through email at [email protected].
GLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
If you’ve got some time to give but aren’t sure where to put it to good use, then the St. Albert Community Information and Volunteer Centre has just the event for you.
The CIVC will be hosting their fifth annual Volunteer Fair this Saturday at Servus Credit Union Place, with more than 45 agencies on hand who are looking for people to give them a hand in their community-minded activities.
CIVC director of volunteer services Pat Phelan said it’s a great “one-stop shop” for people looking for a volunteer opportunity.
“You can go table to table and speak directly to that organization,” Phelan said. “They can tell you about the variety of things
they have available.”“Professionals [often
say], ‘I’d like to help, but I don’t really know what it is I’d like to do,’” she added. “The volunteer fair this year, there’s some new organizations participating, and it’s going to give a fresh look to people, I think, of what kind of diverse opportunities there are in our community.”
Some of the agencies that will be on hand Saturday include:
• Dogs With Wings Assistance Dog Society;
• Spruce Up St. Albert; • Edmonton Caring
Clowns;• the St. Albert
Kinettes;• the 2013 Alberta
Indigenous Games, being hosted by St. Albert;
• St. Albert Citizens’ Patrol;
• St. Albert Victim Services;
• Habitat for Humanity; and
• RunWild Marathon.“Whether you’re
interested in a short-term or a long-term [volunteer opportunity],” there’s something for you at the fair, Phelan said.
Plus, she added, the past fairs the CIVC has held have seen a high success rate of people finding the right volunteer fit.
“The calibre of volunteer that comes out of the volunteer fair is [a person] who is truly interested in doing something, but is trying to find what it is that interests them,” she said. “This way, they can go from organization to organization and find something that’s important to them.”
The volunteer fair runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Servus Credit Union Place.
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ENTERTAINMENTCraft fair set to take over St. Albert Place
Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast morphs into benefit concert
GLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
One of the unofficial kickoffs to the holiday season in St. Albert is back this year with a new twist.
The Country Craft Fair runs this weekend at St. Albert Place, as it has for more than 30 years to raise funds for the St. Albert Place Visual Arts Council, which oversees all the guilds who rent space in the building.
“We’ve got everything from pickles to chocolate to fine art,” said co-ordinator Donna Hillier.
This year, though, they can add one more thing to that list: books. In conjunction with the fair, the St. Albert Public Library is hosting its first-ever Writers’ Trade Fair, giving bookworms a chance to talk to different local authors ranging in age from eight to 80, peruse their books and even have a chance to hear them read.
“We’re excited, and the library is just as excited,” Hillier said. “We thought, because they are in the same building as we are, we should try to do something together and get the people who would normally not go to a craft fair but would go to a library for an author visit coming to us, and vice versa.”
Authors taking part include romance writer C. Elizabeth, mystery writer Patricia Trudeau, and historical fiction writer Corinne Jeffery, who recently launched the second book in her
Understanding Ursula trilogy.“Because St. Albert Place is a
people place, a people building, the more people we can get in moving around … this helps to promote and work with our community partners,” Hillier said.
A full list of authors and a schedule for their talks can be found at www.sapl.ab.ca.
Meanwhile, many of the favourites from years past will be at the Country Craft Fair, with work from more than 70 exhibitors on display, including members of the St. Albert Painters’ Guild, Potters’ Guild, Quilters’ Guild, Paper Arts Guild and Floral Arts Society, along with participants in the Art Gallery of St. Albert’s children’s programs.
There are plenty of vendors, though, who aren’t part of a SAPVAC guild, but Hillier said all are scrutinized very closely before being allowed in the show.
“We hand-pick our exhibitors; they have to go through a jurying process so we don’t overload on one particular craft or art,” she said. “When people come, they’re expecting one-of-a-kind. They’re
expecting, ‘I’m going to get this and no one else is going to have one like it.’”
Aside from table rental, SAPVAC will also collect funds through the sale of eco-friendly bamboo tote bags, each hand-painted by members of SAPVAC and the community.
The money raised through the fair will go to making sure the guilds in St. Albert Place can continue to thrive.
“The money typically helps support the guilds in the building — it helps with rent, it helps with equipment, it helps with education,” Hillier said. “Also, one of our members is the Art Gallery of St. Albert’s children’s programs, so it helps with those as well.”
Although she hasn’t been at the helm for its entire history, Hillier said she has seen the fair grow exponentially over the past few years.
“Not only in the exhibitors we have, but also in the customers who come to the show,” she said.
She added that the fair continues to build a good reputation among both vendors and customers.
“Over the years, people have come to know we’ll have unique, one-of-a-kind items,” she said.
The Country Craft Fair takes place on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the main lobby of St. Albert Place. Admission and parking are free.
“People have come to know we’ll have unique ... items.”
Donna HillierCraft fair co-ordinator
Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderWood turner Russ Allen shows off a few of his pieces in his Grandin shop. He is one of more than 70 exhibitors at this weekend’s Country Craft Fair.
GLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
There won’t be any need to set your alarm clock to attend the Mayor’s Prayer Benefit this year.
The event had been held as a breakfast for a couple of years, but this year has been turned into a concert featuring the Steve Bell Trio taking place the evening of Thursday, Dec. 6, at the Gateway Alliance Church (13931 140 St., Edmonton), all in support of the St. Albert Food Bank.
Bell, a Winnipeg-based Christian singer-songwriter, is touring with fellow musicians Murray Pulver and Joey Landreth in support of his new Christmas CD, Keening
for the Dawn, which was co-written with British poet Malcolm Guite.
Crouse said he was skeptical of moving the event into Edmonton, but members of the St. Albert Ministerial Association — a group of ministers from different churches and denominations in the city — convinced him it could work.
“My first reaction was, ‘It’s out of town, it’s in Edmonton. I don’t like that idea.’ But we went around and around about it, and they asked if we could support this because of the individual,” Crouse said. “The belief was that, even though being out of town was going to be a bit of a distraction ... Steve Bell was well-known enough within his circles to be a pretty good draw.”
Gateway Alliance Church seats 650 people, and Crouse said the ministerial association believes they can sell that many tickets.
Crouse started up the event himself, but said he had always envisioned handing it off to another group to run with in the future.
“It triggered the formation of a more formal group of ministers in the community,” he said. They get together often now. Not all 25 churches belong to this group, but they’re trying to grow the membership so the churches can do things together.”
Crouse had handed over the event last year, but issues with ticket sales and lining up a speaker meant it didn’t go ahead as
planned.Proceeds from this year’s concert will go
to the St. Albert Food Bank, which Crouse said provides an invaluable service to the community.
“It’s a rallying point for social justice causes. People understand a food back and are prepared to help a food bank,” the mayor said. “They get support from all angles, and this is just one more angle.”
Tickets for the Mayor’s Prayer Benefit are $20 each and available at the Gateway Alliance Church, New Beginnings Bookstore (17504 98A Ave., Edmonton), St. Albert United Church (20 Green Grove Dr.), online at www.stevebell.com or by phone at 1-800-854-3499.
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Twilight braces for final chapterBRUCE KIRKLANDSun Media News Services
The Twilight Saga is almost over, both in the pages of Stephenie Meyer’s novels and on the big screen. Bella is finally a vampire. Her baby with Edward is growing up abnormally quickly, becoming the fulcrum of the final movie’s plot. The Volturi are unhappy. And the fifth movie is ready to energize Twihards with more blood, gore ’n’ guts than ever.
Not surprisingly, for core cast members, the Friday debut of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 is bittersweet. This four-year, multi-billion-dollar franchise has changed their lives and careers forever — for better and for worse.
American actress Kristen Stewart, who has played Isabella (Bella) Swan since the first movie in 2008, says she shares the Twilight experience with her co-stars. Obviously, she does so with Robert Pattinson, who plays moody vampire Edward Cullen (and is her own on-again, off-again lover in real love). She also does so with Taylor Lautner, who plays the werewolf, Jacob Black. “I guess it’s nice not to be alone on that,” Stewart says of riding the Twilight wave with other actors. “We share the movies.”
Yet each seems to have a different way of saying goodbye — Stewart and Pattinson in particular.
Stewart says she is often asked: “How is it going to be to walk away from this?” She does not accept the premise. “I genuinely don’t feel that I have to walk anywhere,” she tells a Los Angeles press conference. “It’s what I like about this job. You hold these things. You wouldn’t have done it in the first place if it wasn’t something that you’re going to carry. I think they (Pattinson and Lautner) feel the same way. They tell me they do.”
Stewart is, however, delighted about one thing: “I’m so happy that the story’s told, you have no idea!” After four years and five movies, “it’s not weighing on us anymore. I’m super excited about that!” As for her own feelings about the experience ending: “It is sad. It is strange. But it is normal. Things shouldn’t stay
stagnant. They should move.”British actor Pattinson
admits he is glad it is over, “in some ways.” Seeing the cult of The Twilight Saga emerge so dramatically after the first movie was overwhelming, he says, especially when people started calling the series “a franchise.”
It is a term he abhores. “Franchise is a Burger King or a Subway. It’s not a movie. And the people who start to say it are generally the people who are making money off it. They love it when something has become a franchise. But, as an actor, it is scary. You really, really feel that you have no control. It’s a huge juggernaut, especially when something becomes part of the cultural landscape. It’s really scary because you get trapped and you get scared of changing, which is the worst thing that could happen if you want to become some kind of artist.”
At their separate press
conferences, 22-year-old Stewart and 26-year-old Pattinson both reference each other but give no indication of where their personal relationship is currently at after the dramatic events of the summer. Stewart made a public apology after it was revealed she had an affair with the married director of Snow White and the Huntsman. The celebrity gossip machines worked overtime. That storm has passed, but there is renewed interested because of the pending release of Breaking Dawn — Part 2.
Both actors are committed to the publicity tour. Both seem happy with the results of the shoot, which actually took place two years ago. Director Bill Condon shot both parts of Breaking Dawn simultaneously, out of chronological order. Condon says that Stewart, despite looking nervous in public, had no problem tackling Bella as she changed back-and-forth from desperate teen to empowered vampire mom.
“I worship at the altar of Kristen Stewart,” Condon says in a one-on-one interview. When asked why, he says: “Oh boy, so many things: Fearlessness, danger, honesty, commitment! It’s all these things. It’s her face, her eyes, her ability to express so
many thoughts and emotions. It’s her presence on screen, her glow for the camera.”
Pattinson is a different creature altogether, Condon says. “He has that great kind of British wit and reserve and sense of detachment.” Beginning with the release of Breaking Dawn — Part 1, Condon also saw a new side emerging. “He has reached a new level of comfort as Mr. Jokester. It was like: ‘Who is this person who feels so comfortable telling these goofy jokes on television and at these big events?’”
At his press conference, however, Pattinson was his usual awkward self. He did joke but he also blanked on some questions, offered convoluted answers to others and found himself repeatedly saying: “I don’t know.”
He was best with off-beat queries, such as what advice would he give himself, if he could go back in time to the beginning of the shoot. “Drink vodka instead of beer!” he says with a laugh, referring to the reduced calorie intake. “Just try and get a six-pack as early as possible. You’ll be a much more successful actor.”
He would change few others things, as scary as it was launching into Twilight as an
unknown actor.“It’s fun to deal with the terror
and the kind of huge highs and lows of things. I’m still getting massive surprises every time we get to any kind of Twilight-related event.” For example, he remembers visiting Munich’s Olympic Stadium with Stewart and Lautner after the third movie. They just stood in awe as 30,000 people screamed for 15 minutes. “It’s obviously bizarre. There is just absolutely no way you can ever compute it.”
Stewart now regards the rabid fan response as “the coolest thing” because the Twilight characters, and their fates, have become so important. But do not ask her to explain the phenomenon.
“Like, yeah, cool, let me explain the phenomenon to you,” she says sarcastically. “I would just phenomenon-ize every single day if I knew the equation.”
Instead, she says, The Twilight Saga remains a mystery.
And it is almost over.
Photo: Sun Media News ServicesThe story of Bella (left, played by Kristen Stewart) and Edward (played by Robert Pattinson) comes to an end on the silver screen with the release of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 this Friday.
“I genuinely don’t feel that I have to walk anywhere.”
Kristen StewartActress
TWILIGHT:BREAKING
DOWN• Books: 4
• Movies: 5
• Total franchise sales to date: $4.7 billion
• ‘Likes’ on the Twilight Saga’s Facebook page: 35.5 million
• ‘Likes’ on U.S. president Barack Obama’s Facebook page: 33.3 million
• Number of actors who auditioned to play Edward Cullen: 5,000
• Teen Choice Awards won: 41
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JANE STEVENSONSun Media News Services
The music industry joke about rock band reunions is that even when there seems no possible hope of one happening, just wait a few years.
Take Seattle grunge vets Soundgarden, for instance, who hung up their heavy-rocking mantle in 1997 after touring their last studio album, 1996’s Down on the Upside.
As recently as 2007, big-voiced singer Chris Cornell — who went on to front another big rock band, Audioslave (featuring three-quarters of Rage Against The Machine), and pursued his own solo career with varying degrees of success — was telling me it wasn’t in the cards.
“Getting back together — I just don’t see the scenario where it made sense,” said Cornell at the time when he was promoting his latest solo album. “So it’d have to be for some reason that I can’t think of right now.”
Fast forward to 2010: Soundgarden reunited for a tour that stretched into 2011; they released a 2010 compilation album, Telephantasm: A Retrospective; a 2011 live album, Live on I-5; and a 2012 Avengers soundtrack song, “Live to Rise.”
Now the band — rounded out by lead guitarist Kim Thayil, drummer Matt Cameron and bassist Ben Shepherd — is releasing their first studio album in 16 years, King Animal, on Tuesday, produced by Seattle veteran Adam Kasper (Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam).
The first single is called, somewhat pointedly, “Been Away Too Long.”
We caught up with Cornell on the phone from the West Coast to talk about what led to one of rock’s most-anticipated reunions ever.
You were pretty adamant five years ago that a Soundgarden reunion just wasn’t going to happen. What changed your mind?
I wasn’t adamant about me not personally wanting to do it but I didn’t see it as being likely. And 90 per cent of that was just based on we weren’t talking about it ever ... We didn’t seem to need to reunite in terms of we put away Soundgarden in a very kind of truimphant and complete way. Our last album was one of our best in terms of all four band members really being completely immersed in the whole process ... And it’s one of my favourite albums. And then we walked away from it. It did well commercially ... So it wasn’t a question that tugged on heartstrings where you think, ‘God, if only we could have done X. Or yeah, it would be really great to get back so we could redeem ourselves for that long period of crap.’
So what began the process of Soundgarden getting back together?
It was a matter of us being in a room together and then becoming comfortable and starting to take on a responsibility for reconnecting with our fans based on our old material and considering doing reissues ... And that led to us finally deciding to play a show and then tour and then a new
album.
And was there, as they say, big money involved?
When news got out that we were working on Telephantasm and other projects, that’s when the offers first came in — huge. And the first thing we did was kind of unanimously say, ‘No we don’t want to do that.’ And I think that was a catalyst to the trust and the feeling that we’re in this for the right reasons moving forward.
Now that a new Soundgarden disc is just days away from release, how are you feeling?
I’m just anxious for it to be out ... Now you have to worry about track leaks, you have to worry about album leaks ... And then any small condensed snippet of any
song that anyone hears gets talked about online until there’s a thousand blogs about people sort of trying to predict what the album will sound like and what it means. Often times people will actually decide they know (what the album will be like) based on, for example, one song.
And that song would be?It started with “Live to Rise” where
people heard that and that was written after all of King Animal was finished really. And it was written specifically for the film so it had nothing to do with the album and yet it got a lot of response saying this is their new direction. Like they understood who we were now and what we were trying to do, which is silly. And it’s especially silly for Soundgarden because there’s never been a period in our career where you could listen to a single song and say, ‘Oh, it’s this.’ I always felt like we were doing our job
well because of that. A band that can do “Jesus Christ Pose” and “Black Hole Sun,” both convincingly, that should have been enough to give the impression that you’re never really going to be able to predict from one song.
What do you think the response to King Animal, which isn’t so far afield from the bedrock Soundgarden sound, will be from fans?
The anxiety is I know we have a lot of close, hardcore fans that have supported us for a long and I feel personally, very confident that they’re going to be really happy with what we did.
And isn’t it better that they’re talking about the band, then not at all?
Of course! I’m not really complaining. I’m like a kid at Christmas and I want the record to get out there.
Time is right for new Soundgarden CD
Photo: Sun Media News ServicesGrunge veterans Soundgarden — including (L-R) Chris Cornell, Matt Cameron, Kim Thayil and Ben Shepherd — are back with a new CD, King Animal, after an unlikely reunion.
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Gadgets for the everyday 007
More space junk could plummet thanks to higher CO2 levelsSUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – More satellites and orbiting debris could collide in the upper atmosphere because a buildup of carbon dioxide (CO2) has reduced the “drag effect,” which can eventually send some space junk back down to Earth, a study shows.
Over the past eight years, CO2 concentrations in the upper atmosphere have risen from burning fossil fuels that have warmed the Earth’s surface and caused temperatures to increase, the study in the journal Nature Geoscience said.
This can result in a cooler, less dense atmosphere above a 90-km (55-mile)
altitude, the study said, adding that this “will reduce atmospheric drag on satellites and may have adverse consequences for the orbital debris environment that is already unstable.”
Less drag, or friction, in the upper atmosphere means space debris such as redundant satellites and defunct rocket bodies will stay at a certain altitude for longer, increasing the risk of collisions.
Global temperatures are now about 0.8 degrees C (1.4 F) above pre-industrial times. Two degrees is viewed as a threshold to dangerous change including more powerful storms like Sandy that struck the
United States this month, more heatwaves, droughts and rising sea levels.
The scientists, from the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, Old Dominion University in Virginia, University of Waterloo in Ontario and the University of York in Britain, used satellite data to study changes in CO2 concentrations at a 101-km altitude between 2004 and 2012 and found that CO2 rose significantly over that time.
So far, CO2 trends have been measured only up to a 35-km altitude because balloons and aircraft do not reach high altitudes, and ground measurements and rockets only provide limited coverage.
Debris is always a danger to spacecraft and collisions can prove costly for spacecraft manufacturers.
There are 21,000 bits of debris larger than 10 cm (4 inches) in orbit, but collisions occur infrequently — about once a year on average, according to NASA, the U.S. space agency.
However, a U.S. National Research Council report in 2011 warned NASA that the amount of space debris orbiting the Earth was at critical level and the United States has been trying to develop technologies to remove debris and reduce hazards.
THIEN HUYNHSun Media News Services
Forget about the fancy cars, exotic assignments and even more exotic companions – the best thing about being James Bond is the opportunity to play around with cool gadgets. Since most of us don’t have a “Q” to arm us with the latest technology, here are some consumer spy tools that won’t leave your wallet shaken or stirred.
For Your Eyes Only: Night Owl Executive Camera Pen
Price: $49.97Where to buy: www.tigerdirect.caThe Night Owl Executive
Camera Pen is ideal for boardroom Bond wannabes. The pen allows you to record up to 90 minutes of video (640 x 480) with audio (20 feet away) while trying to secure evidence for your petty complaints to human resources.
With 4GB of internal memory, video files can easily be transferred to a computer by unscrewing the pen and using it as a USB device. It looks like a typical fountain pen so you can covertly leave it in the office break room to catch the person who keeps stealing your lunch.
Unfortunately, it will not be as effective in helping you find the co-worker who keeps stealing the pens off your desk.
The Spy Who Loved to Record Me: Spy Kids Body Wire
Price: $14.99Where to buy: www.spyemporium.comAmazingly, there’s actually a toy body
wire for kids. Just as amazingly, there’s
actually a store called the Spy Emporium that sells it. The body wire toy attaches to a kid’s belt with a miniature microphone clipped discreetly underneath his or her shirt.
The makers of the Spy Kids Body Wire suggest the toy is for ages six and up, which makes you wonder why any six-year old would want to wear a body wire unless they were training to be a James Bond Jr. (a cartoon in the early ’90s). And for that matter, why would any parent buy their kid a toy that they could use as blackmail for extra dessert or a trip to Disneyland?
If you are in fact training your child to be a mini-secret agent, just make sure the kid grows up to be like Sean Connery, not a flash in the pan like George Lazenby.
On Her Majesty’s Secret Maid Service: Tissue Box Spy Camera
Price: US$145.99Where to buy: www.amazon.comWhile James Bond is away on
assignment, he probably keeps a GoldenEye on his housekeepers to make sure they are not drinking his martinis or trying on his tuxedos.
Everyone is aware of the teddy bear nanny cam by now, so it’s time for some new covert devices – such as the Tissue Box Spy Camera. The tissue box records at a high definition 720 x 480 resolution and has a 4GB internal memory, which allows it to record more than six hours of spy footage.
A View to A Kill: Bond 50 - GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY BLU-RAY COLLECTION
Price: $299.99 (prices may vary depending on retailer)
Where to buy: Future ShopThe World Is Not Enough – but this
beautiful DVD box set comes close. Consider the Bond 50 Collection the definitive educational guide to being like the world’s most famous spy. The set features all 22 classic films on Blu-ray together for the first time and comes with a dossier of more than
122 hours of bonus features. It includes a behind-the-scenes look at the latest Bond film Skyfall and a “Being Bond” extra that profiles the six actors who have portrayed 007.
What better way to learn how to be suave like Bond than watching Roger
Moore at his finest in Octopussy? Practice your judo chop by watching Sean Connery in Dr. No. Learn how to get your hair just right while stealing a Russian jet like Pierce Bronson in Tomorrow Never Dies. You can either get inspired to workout or become thoroughly depressed by watching Daniel Craig’s rock solid abs in high definition in Casino Royale.
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HEALTH
Striking the right balance Reddit users catch cancer
thanks to comicSUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – A man who took a pregnancy test as a joke has been diagnosed with cancer in time to treat it, all thanks to a comic posted on Reddit.
Reddit — the self-branded “front page of the Internet” — is a social news site with 43 million members and three billion monthly page views. Its users are called Redditors.
Last week, Redditor CappnPoopdeck shared a comic she’d compiled about a male friend of hers who found a pregnancy test in his medicine cabinet, took it for laughs, and got a positive result.
Redditors, thinking the comic was autobiographical, told CappnPoopdeck to get tested for cancer.
“If this is true, you should check yourself for testicular cancer. Seriously. Google it,” wrote one user.
“Testicular cancer releases some of the same hormone markers that pregnancy tests check for, so although I’m not sure that it’s 100% accurate it definitely means he needs to get checked out pronto,” wrote another.
Pregnancy tests, in fact, detect beta human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), a hormone found in pregnant women. But it can also signal testicular cancer.
“It turns out a fair number of testicular cancers make the same exact hormone,” Dr. Mark Pomerantz, a genitourinary oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, told ABC News.”There are very few things in the body that produce beta hCG, and testicular cancer is one of them.”
When CappnPoopdeck — whom the CBC has identified as a young woman in Hamilton, Ont. — came back to the thread the next day and saw all the replies, she let her friend know he might be in danger.
“Whoa.. just saw all the cancer comments... It was my friend that did the test, I just made the comic for him.. but I am letting him know to test himself for cancer immediately. Thank you for letting me know guys, we may have dodged a bullet here!” she wrote.
She later said her friend would be getting tested.On Tuesday, she posted another comic, this time
in the form of a letter to Reddit.“Hello, Reddit. Many of you read the comic about
my friend using a preg test as a joke and it testing positive, which is a sign of cancer, as all of you told us. Today he went to the doctor to be tested. And in his right testicle they found a very small tumour, but since it was caught early, it can be treated immediately,” it reads.
“So both of us want to say thank you, and in all seriousness, if you are male check yourself for testicular cancer regularly. If you’re a girl, test yourself for breast cancer regularly.”
CARY CASTAGNASun Media News Services
There was a time in the 1990s when Mark Macdonald couldn’t walk past a mirror without lifting up his shirt to make sure he still had a six-pack.
All these years later, the 40-year-old fitness and nutrition consultant for CNN admits that he was a slave to food and his physique.
“Food controlled me, and my body controlled me. I lived in fear of getting fat,” he tells Sun Media in a phone interview from Atlanta. “My wife came to me and said something had to change.”
At the time, Macdonald was managing a gym and training clients. He was practising and preaching deprivation dieting and excessive exercising.
It was a regimen that helped the personal trainer stay ultra-lean for some sideline work as a fitness model.
But he was miserable.“I was fitness modelling and I just
sucked it up,” he recalls, noting he followed a nearly no-carbs diet for all but one day of the week. “I hated my food for six straight days and then I lived for my cheat day. No one should live like that, because eventually you crack.”
And although he was helping his clients drop weight, they would invariably gain it back within a few months.
“So when you’re failing your wife and failing your clients, there’s got to be a different way,”
explains Macdonald, who had studied nutrition, physiology and anatomy in college while on a soccer scholarship. “I went back to my books.”
Through his research and good old-fashioned trial-and-error, Macdonald eventually discovered what he says is the real key to getting and staying lean:
stabilizing the body’s blood sugar.
Balancing blood sugar helps the body “consistently release its stored fat and then that fat gets burned up in your muscle,” he explains.
“It’s very simple,” he adds.
“It’s just like a baby. Babies feed every
three to four hours.
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a balance of protein, fat and carbohydrates in breast milk. They stop
eating when they’re satisfied and eat again when they’re hungry. That’s how we’re fed our entire first year of
life. And then we abandon it.”
In 1999, Macdonald founded Venice Nutrition and opened
the first Venice Nutrition Consulting Centre in Venice Beach, Calif., where he began expounding on the virtues of blood-sugar stabilization through one-on-one coaching.
The company has evolved and grown over the years. Today, there’s a network of more than 350 licensed locations throughout the U.S., as well as Venice Nutrition Online, which feature the Venice Nutrition Program based on blood-sugar stabilization.
Macdonald adapted his fitness and nutrition know-how into a book, Body Confidence, which was released last year and became a New York Times best-seller.
More recently, he has teamed with MonaVie, a purveyor of health juices and other nutritional products.
Besides keeping his blood sugar stabilized by eating smart and healthily, Macdonald maintains his fantastically fit six-foot-two, 200-pound physique these days with five efficient workouts a week in his home gym.
He lifts weights two to three times weekly for no more than 25 minutes each session and does roughly an hour of high- and low-intensity cardio — often while watching Netflix — on the other days.
“To me, I feel great and I look great,” he says, “which is the definition of ‘Body Confidence.’ ”
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Photo: Sun Media News ServicesPersonal trainer Mark Macdonald used to preach deprivation dieting and excessive exercising -- and he was miserable. The secret to staying lean, he says, is stabilizing the body’s blood sugar.
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ST. A LBERT REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT
*The above area market averages represent the trailing 3-month averages, except where otherwise indicated, of single-family homes only as of the Friday prior to publication week. Data is provided by CRAIG PILGRIM of RE/MAX Real Estate (St. Albert), member of the Real Estate Association of Edmonton.Data does not include condos, townhomes or apartments, and does not differentiate between styles of homes. All efforts are made to ensure data is accurate for information purposes, but please consult a licensed real estate agent for additional market information.
Active Listings: 10 Sold Listings: 9Average list price:$361,630
Low $278,000 / High $479,800
AKINSDALE
Average sale price:$363,500
Low $319,600 / High $435,000Avg. days on market: 44
Active Listings: 19 Sold Listings: 18Average list price:$424,705
Low $350,000 / High $649,900
DEER RIDGE
Average sale price:$372,927
Low $297,000 / High $458,000Avg. days on market: 32
Active Listings: 3 Sold Listings: 5Average list price:$308,966
Low $242,000 / High $375,000
MISSION120 DAYS
Average sale price:$347,000
Low $320,000 / High $399,000Avg. days on market: 50
Active Listings: 31 Sold Listings: 7Average list price:$1,056,751
Low $472,900/ High $5,250,000
KINGSWOOD
Average sale price:$856,400
Low $507,000 / High $1,750,000Avg. days on market: 81
GRANDIN
Active Listings: 14Average list price:$375,400
Low $294,900 / High $579,900
Sold Listings: 19Average sale price:$340,410
Low $262,000 / High $491,000Avg. days on market: 47
Active Listings: 10 Sold Listings: 23Average list price:$445,028
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HERITAGE LAKES
Average sale price:$415,441
Low $310,000 / High $520,000Avg. days on market: 49
LACOMBE PARK
Active Listings: 27Average list price:$667,229
Low $329,900 / High $1,290,000
Sold Listings: 27Average sale price:$428,818
Low $310,000 / High $732,000Avg. days on market: 52
Active Listings: 5 Sold Listings: 6Average list price:$460,900
Low $379,900 / High $495,000
WOODLANDS120 DAYS
Average sale price:$406,816
Low $330,000 / High $480,000Avg. days on market: 36
Active Listings: 16 Sold Listings: 18Average list price:$601,712
Low $399,700 / High $1,189,000
NORTH RIDGE
Average sale price:$467,230
Low $364,000 / High $635,000Avg. days on market: 54
OAKMONT
Active Listings: 23Average list price:$659,731
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Sold Listings: 13Average sale price:$574,008
Low $375,000 / High $1,024,398Avg. days on market: 37
Active Listings: 6 Sold Listings: 5Average list price:$471,799
Low $399,000 / High $649,900
PINEVIEW120 DAYS
Average sale price:$383,100
Low $338,000 / High $436,000Avg. days on market: 76
Active Listings: 3 Sold Listings: 5Average list price:$316,600
Low $290,000 / High $344,900
STURGEON HEIGHTS
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Low $305,000 / High $350,000Avg. days on market: 58
Active Listings: 49 Sold Listings: 31Average list price:$588,744
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Answer to Last Week's Crossword
by Margie E. Burke
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Answer to Last Week's Sudoku
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MilestonesThis week in history and
celebrity birthdays
DID YOU KNOW?
Nov. 15, 1889After 49 years in power,
Brazil’s last emperor, Pedro II, is deposed in a military coup.
Nov. 16, 2001The first of seven Harry Potter
films, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, opens in
theatres across North America. The series would last seven
films and 10 years, and become the most financially successful
franchise in movie history.
Nov. 17, 2003Actor and former bodybuilder
Arnold Schwarzenegger is sworn in as California’s 38th governor.
Nov. 18, 1939Canadian novelist Margaret
Atwood is born in Ottawa, Ont.
Nov. 19, 1863U.S. president Abraham Lincoln
delivers the Gettysburg Address, urging the Union to fight and win
the American Civil War.
Nov. 20, 1945Twenty-four high-ranking
members of the Nazi party go on trial in Nuremberg, Germany, for atrocities committed during the
Second World War.
Nov. 21, 1877Thomas Edison debuts his first
great invention, the phonograph, in Menlo Park, N.J. ANSWERS: 1. Board changed from red to green; 2. Poppy removed from jacket; 3. Label removed
from boot; 4. Motion blur added; 5. Portions of jacket coloured orange.
Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderEdward Munroe, 11, gets a bit sideways as he slides down Seven Hills on his toboggan on Monday afternoon.
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SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Research In Motion Ltd plans to introduce its new line of BlackBerry 10 smartphones on Jan. 30, the company said on Monday, giving investors a measure of confidence the long-awaited devices are approaching the finish line.
The Waterloo, Ont.-based company, a one-time pioneer in the smartphone industry, is betting its future on the new line of products, which will be powered by its new BlackBerry 10 operating system.
RIM has struggled over the last two years as its devices lost ground to snazzier and faster smartphones such as Apple Inc’s iPhone and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s Galaxy line.
In a brief statement, RIM said the twice-delayed devices will be launched simultaneously in multiple countries. It will introduce two BlackBerry 10 smartphones, along with the platform that powers them.
“While it is clearly an uphill battle for RIM given the recent launch of the iPhone 5 device and the aggressive marketing dollars being pushed toward Windows 8, we view it as a modest positive that a date is now officially set for the launch of the new BB10 devices,” Wells Fargo analyst Jennifer Fritzsche wrote in a note to clients.
RIM has said it plans initially to roll-out touchscreen devices. Phones
with the mini QWERTY keyboards that many long-time BlackBerry users rave about will come a few weeks later, while lower-end versions of both devices will be launched later in the year.
The company did not say when the devices will be available in stores. That will be announced at the event.
Evercore Partners analyst Mark McKechnie believes the BB 10 devices will be available within two to four weeks of the launch event, but some such as Peter Misek of Jefferies expect the devices to go on sale only in March.
RIM’s Nasdaq-listed shares were up 3.2 per cent at $8.82 in late afternoon trading on Monday. Its Toronto-listed shares rose nearly three per cent to C$8.81.
RIM says its new devices will be faster and smoother and have a large catalog of applications that are now crucial to the success of any new line of smartphones.
Last week, the new platform and devices won U.S. government security clearance, potentially allowing both U.S. and Canadian government agencies to deploy the new smartphones as soon as they are available.
These were the first BlackBerry products to win Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 certifications ahead of their introduction, the company said.
RIM began carrier tests on the BB10 devices last month. The Canadian company hopes they will help it win back some of the market share it lost to the iPhone and devices that run on Google Inc’s Android operating system.
RIM’s stock has fallen more than 90 per cent from a peak of over $148 in 2008. But at Friday’s close, the shares were up about 20 per cent over the last two months.
BUSINESS
Buying Brick a good move for Leon’s: prof
RIM sets January date for Blackberry 10 launch
ELLIOT FERGUSONSun Media News Services
The plan by Leon’s Furniture to buy The Brick is a good move for the company but consumers may have to wait to see the benefits, a Queen’s University business professor says.
The two companies announced the $700 million purchase Sunday.
Business strategy Prof. Ken Wong said the merger will make the companies stronger and better able to compete with a growing number of competitors.
“It’s probably a wise move on their part,” Wong said Monday.
In addition to the impending arrival of Target, the second-largest retailer in the United States after Wal-Mart, Leon’s and The Brick face increasing competition from non-traditional furniture sellers, like Home Depot and Lowes.
As well, online retailer giants such as Amazon and Overstock are looking to expand their furniture sales.
Ikea also remains a major competitor.The merger of Leon’s and The Brick will
allow the companies to centralize logistics, finance and accounting, and increase their
combined buying power, Wong said.“Don’t hold your breath,” Wong said. “It
will take a while for these efficiencies to come into play.”
Wong said the two brands are distinct enough that they will likely continue to operate as separate stores.
Leon’s has 76 stores in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba,
Saskatchewan, Alberta, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and
Prince Edward Island.The Brick opened its
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Wong said the merger of Leon’s and The Brick is a good match because they sell similarly priced products.
By contrast, The Bay’s purchase of Zellers in 1978 never really worked because the two companies were not well matched, Wong said.
And Canadian Tire’s purchase of the sports company Forzani Group resulted in an expanded sports section in Canadian Tire stores.
The Leon’s-The Brick deal is expected to close in early 2013.
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STALBERTJOBS.COMMistakes top fears
A recent survey out of the United States shows that the No. 1 fear of workers is making a mistake.
Staffing company Accountemps released the survey in late October, which found that making errors on the job was listed as the greatest workplace fear of 28 per cent of respondents.
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